Earlier this year Eir Sport and RTÉ announced that a sub-licencing agreement had been reached between the two broadcasters in relation to Rugby World Cup 2019. As the primary rights holder for Ireland, Eir Sport will broadcast all 48 games live, including all of Ireland’s matches, and a daily highlights show. The sub-licensing deal means […] More
IABM will be supporting its 500+ member companies at IBC 2019 by providing lounges, meeting rooms and IABM TV. In addition, the trade association will continue its mission to share knowledge and reward innovation across the industry with a series of inclusive events. IABM will also be distributing its Strategic Industry Analysis special report at […] More
Serie A football club AC Milan has released a new mobile app that will offer live streams of selected games as well as matchday ‘experience’ benefits for supporters. Initially available on the iOS platform, the app is in both the Italian and English languages. Among the included content will be live events, daily news and […] More
Francis Tellier, the former chief executive of Host Broadcast Services (HBS), will receive the 2019 SVG Europe Outstanding Contribution to European Sports Broadcasting Award at the Sports Production Summit on 12 September. The event, free to SVG Europe members and sponsors, will be held at the DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam and Tellier will be presented […] More
In the final part of our series of films going behind the camera on sports OBs, Rebecca Page, an associate support engineer working in broadcast graphics and data for Sky, details how her role is changing as the industry becomes more and more data and IT-centric. Produced by Sky for SVG Europe, this video was […] More
Germany’s Bundesliga 2019-20 season kicks off tonight (Friday 16 August) with a game between Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin. As usual, broadcast coverage is under the control of Sportcast. In fact, since 2006, Sportcast – as a subsidiary of the DFL (Deutsche Fussball Liga) and as host broadcaster – has been producing, enhancing, distributing, and […] More
Swiss private broadcasters RadioFr and La Télé have completed construction of a completely new, all-IP broadcast centre for their radio and television operations, using Lawo broadcast equipment and the installation services of SLG Broadcast. For 30 years, French-language Radio Fribourg, German-language Radio Freiburg and regional La Télé Fribourg TV programming originated from two separate facilities […] More
The fast, high-tech F50 catamarans of SailGP came to Europe for the first time last Sunday in blustery conditions resulting in “the most exciting racing of the series so far,” according to one of the commentators. The three races were all won by Australia, with boat speeds approaching 60mph/100kph at times. Weather is a constant […] More
The first working prototype mobile app for Weavr, a technology platform that uses live and historic data to create meaningful and personalised mixed reality fan experiences, has been demonstrated by the Weavr Consortium. Comprised of six UK companies spanning eSports, education and entertainment, and supported by UK Research and Innovation, the Weavr Consortium hopes that […] More
The fourth of our educational films going behind the camera on sports OBs features Sky Production Services’ sound supervisor Emma Penny and Sky Sports multi-sport assistant producer Martha Watson discussing the challenges of being a woman in what is traditionally a male-dominated environment. In conversation with reporter Hannah Wilkes, the duo also highlight their jobs, […] More
